Chair.



Patented May I, I900; A. n. CROCKER.

CHAIR.

(Application filed Sept. 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARA I). ,CROCKER, OF SII EBOYG-AN, \VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE OROCKERCHA'IR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 648,728, dated May 1,1900.

Application filed September 14, 1899. Serial No. 730,402. (No model.)

will be fully set forth hereinafterfand subse-- quently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a representation of a portion of a chairembodying my present invention, said view being partly in elevation andpartly in section on the line 1 l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2'is an under-sideplan view of the chair-rest with its supports in section on the line 2.2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the scat, which in the preferredform illustrated in the said drawings consists of a series of layers ofthin pieces of wood cemented together and pressed into the desiredshape,

.forming what is commonly known as a veneer seat.

B represents a brace or reinforcing-strip, preferably of suitable wood,secured to the front under side of the seat A, as by screws bl).Adjacent to each end of this front strip B the same is bored through,the bores extending part way through the seat A, forming mortises toreceive the tenons or upper ends a of the front legs 0, as best shown inFig. 1, the said mortises and tenons being preferably secured togetherby glue.

DD represent the combined rear legs or back posts of the chair, againstwhich the rear portion'of the sea'tA abuts, (said scat being cut out toreceive the adjacent surfaces of the posts D D,if preferred,) and thesaid rear portion of the seat is supported by means of the brackets Eand braces F, secured to the posts D and seat A by the screws d e f. Thebrackets E fit against the under side of the seat and the front surfaceof the rear legs or posts D, while the braces F preferably engage thesaid parts A D at the ends; but the parts E F are in line with eachother vertically, so that one screw e is passed up through the forwardend of each bracket E and through the seat into the forward end of theadjacent brace F, but not I through the same, the screws (1 serving tounitethe lower ends of the brackets E to the that the back may be of anypreferred con-- struction or design; but as the details of constructionof such parts form no part of my present invention I have not deemed itnecessary to further illustrate the same.

With chairs embodying my present invention the seats even when made oflight thin veneer are firmly and strongly supported, and the chair isnot only attractive in appearance, but is very serviceable and durable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv A chair comprising a thin bent seat, andafront lower brace or reinforce secured thereto, having mortises formedtherethrough and extending into the said seat, in combination with thefront legs having upper tenon's fitting within said mortises, and thecombined rear legs and back posts abutting against the rear portion ofsaid seat and secured thereto, and lower brackets and upper bracesfastened to said seat at their front ends and to said rear legs or postsat their rear ends. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I havehereunto set my hand, at Sheboygau, in the county of Sheboygan and Stateof Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ARA D. oRooKER. Witnesses: I

FRANCIS WILLIAMS, WILLIAM J. RIE'roW.

